§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the total number of ambulances which contain trained paramedics operated by Trent regional health authority and the total number serving(a) the city of Sheffield, (b) south Yorkshire, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) the west midlands; and if she will make a statement;
(2) what is the total number of ambulances per head of population of the city of Sheffield operated by Trent regional health authority and the total number serving (a) the city of Sheffield, (b) south Yorkshire, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) the west midlands; and if she will make a statement;
(3) what is the total number of ambulances per head of population of the city of Sheffield which contain trained paramedics operated by Trent regional health authority; what is the total number serving (a) the city of Sheffield, (b) south Yorkshire, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) he west midlands; and if she will make a statement;
(4) if she will list the total number of ambulances operated by Trent regional health authority and the total number serving (a) the city of Sheffield, (b) south Yorkshire, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) the west midlands; and if she will make a statement.
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§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on numbers of ambulances is available from national health service trusts. The information available on paramedics listed shows the unconfirmed results of an informal survey of numbers of paramedics and other front-line staff in each ambulance service in England at the end of 1993.
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Ambulance service Total front-line staff (including paramedics) Paramedics Cumbria Ambulance NHS Trust 180 96 Durham County Ambulance Service NHS Trust 159 54 Northumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust 357 188 Humberside Ambulance Service NHS Trust 285 85 North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 183 61 Derbyshire Ambulance Service 232 73 Leicestershire Ambulance and Paramedic Service 214 60 Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Transport NHS Trust 200 80 Nottinghamshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 250 84 Cambridge Ambulance Service 166 62 Norfolk Ambulance NHS Trust 246 89 Suffolk Ambulances Service 145 36 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service NHS Trust 278 133 Essex Ambulance Service NHS Trust 377 174 East Sussex Ambulance Service 235 90 Kent Ambulance Service 375 138 West Sussex Ambulance Service 175 68 Dorset Ambulance Service NHS Trust 178 134 Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 321 134 Wiltshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 156 77 Isle of Wight Ambulance Service 48 31 Royal Berkshire Ambulance NHS Trust 168 61 Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust 290 101 Oxfordshire Ambulance Service 134 62 West Country Ambulance Services NHS Trust 752 206 Gloucestershire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 165 84 Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service 182 108 Shropshire Ambulance Service 125 45 Staffordshire Service NHS Trust 276 98 Warwickshire Ambulance Service 113 63 Lancashire Ambulance Service 368 142 Cleveland Ambulance Service NHS Trust 134 69 West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service NHS Trust 450 122 South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance and Paramedic Service NHS Trust 250 101
Ambulance service Total front-line staff (including paramedics) Paramedics Surrey Ambulance Service 288 124 London Ambulance Service 1,485 394 Avon Ambulance Service NHS Trust 190 84 West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust 523 181 Mersey Regional Ambulance Service NHS Trust 552 183 Greater Manchester Ambulance Service 585 204